[PATCH v11 4/6] tick/nohz_full: Ensure quiet_vmstat() is called on exit to user-mode when the idle tick is stopped

[Marcelo Tosatti]

From: Aaron Tomlin <atomlin@xxxxxxxxxxx>

For nohz full CPUs, we'd like the per-CPU vm statistics to be
synchronized when userspace is executing. Otherwise, the vmstat_shepherd
might queue a work item to synchronize them, which is undesired
intereference for isolated CPUs.

This patch syncs CPU-specific vmstat differentials, on return to
userspace, if CONFIG_FLUSH_WORK_ON_RESUME_USER is enabled and the tick
is stopped.

A trivial test program was used to determine the impact of the proposed
changes and under vanilla. The mlock(2) and munlock(2) system calls
was used solely to modify vmstat item 'NR_MLOCK'. The following is an
average count of CPU-cycles across the aforementioned system calls:

				  Vanilla                 Modified

  Cycles per syscall              8461                    8690    (+2.6%)

Signed-off-by: Aaron Tomlin <atomlin@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Marcelo Tosatti <mtosatti@xxxxxxxxxx>

---
 include/linux/tick.h     |    5 +++--
 kernel/time/tick-sched.c |   15 +++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 18 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

Index: linux-2.6/include/linux/tick.h
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.orig/include/linux/tick.h
+++ linux-2.6/include/linux/tick.h
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@
 #include <linux/context_tracking_state.h>
 #include <linux/cpumask.h>
 #include <linux/sched.h>
-#include <linux/rcupdate.h>
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_GENERIC_CLOCKEVENTS
 extern void __init tick_init(void);
@@ -272,6 +271,7 @@ static inline void tick_dep_clear_signal
 
 extern void tick_nohz_full_kick_cpu(int cpu);
 extern void __tick_nohz_task_switch(void);
+void __tick_nohz_user_enter_prepare(void);
 extern void __init tick_nohz_full_setup(cpumask_var_t cpumask);
 #else
 static inline bool tick_nohz_full_enabled(void) { return false; }
@@ -296,6 +296,7 @@ static inline void tick_dep_clear_signal
 
 static inline void tick_nohz_full_kick_cpu(int cpu) { }
 static inline void __tick_nohz_task_switch(void) { }
+static inline void __tick_nohz_user_enter_prepare(void) { }
 static inline void tick_nohz_full_setup(cpumask_var_t cpumask) { }
 #endif
 
@@ -308,7 +309,7 @@ static inline void tick_nohz_task_switch
 static inline void tick_nohz_user_enter_prepare(void)
 {
 	if (tick_nohz_full_cpu(smp_processor_id()))
-		rcu_nocb_flush_deferred_wakeup();
+		__tick_nohz_user_enter_prepare();
 }
 
 #endif
Index: linux-2.6/kernel/time/tick-sched.c
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.orig/kernel/time/tick-sched.c
+++ linux-2.6/kernel/time/tick-sched.c
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
 #include <linux/posix-timers.h>
 #include <linux/context_tracking.h>
 #include <linux/mm.h>
+#include <linux/rcupdate.h>
 
 #include <asm/irq_regs.h>
 
@@ -519,6 +520,22 @@ void __tick_nohz_task_switch(void)
 	}
 }
 
+void __tick_nohz_user_enter_prepare(void)
+{
+	if (tick_nohz_full_cpu(smp_processor_id())) {
+#ifdef CONFIG_FLUSH_WORK_ON_RESUME_USER
+		struct tick_sched *ts;
+
+		ts = this_cpu_ptr(&tick_cpu_sched);
+
+		if (ts->tick_stopped)
+			quiet_vmstat(true);
+#endif
+		rcu_nocb_flush_deferred_wakeup();
+	}
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(__tick_nohz_user_enter_prepare);
+
 /* Get the boot-time nohz CPU list from the kernel parameters. */
 void __init tick_nohz_full_setup(cpumask_var_t cpumask)
 {